anyone notice the usual ones (not the ones directly behind the north stand) were missing at the scunny game.
has the club asked greenwich council to look into their licenses in an attempt to boost sales inside the ground.
not that i eat from them, but some people i know include this in their pre match routines and were like lost souls v scunny.
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but they got tough on it so him and my aunt gave it up
they were lucky if they made $20 agame ,it was more of a service and being part of something that they doneit
Good on your cousin - stuff the council!
(where did your cousin get the rats from by the way? ;-))
one has appeared outside the swan in the vilage (perhaps one of the bugle splitters could confirm).
looked a right professional outlet. pasting table selling dodgy lacoste gear as well as cafc stuff.
Does anyone know any vendor personally who has been ordered to stop?
Still, dont worry. Maybe we should let him trade in the car park and pay him a fee as well as it will be a service to the fans.
Got to agree
Well im off to work now i have checked my rent statement and all my housing benefit has ben paid. ;-)
All a bit pathetic to me. So was the old peanut sellers, and fanzine sellers, the smell of hotdogs and fried onions, the shoutings of sellers that you couldn't quite understand, the buzz hours before kick off with people setting up their stalls.
But that was all part of the matchday atmosphere and adds to the buzz of going to football before you've even entered the ground. The Valley is a proper old skool, backstreet inner london ground, not some faceless out-of-town corporate bowl, we should be proud of that and be playing on its strengths.
will be stale now. but as long as henrys happy.
If we're going down the "retro good old days" route, then they certainly shouldn't be cleaning out the grills!
And back in the day there were no stalls selling badges/scarves etc outside the Valley as we didn't warrant it with the small crowds we used to get. Only saw that at away games.
The club would never do that INSIDE the ground would they? If I was to eat at football I would be more inclined to eat outside the ground, not as a protest against the club or anything but simply because it's a lot cheaper and better quality. The one time I have got a burger to eat inside the ground it was cold in the middle, in fact I proabably had warmer things in my fridge at the time. So I wouldn't say the quality checks were worth a toss anyway.
But rules are rules I suppose and we must all adhere to them at all times
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if you buy a cheap scarf or top from someone selling in a front garden, then i really don't see how anyone can be classed as unsuspecting. There are certainly other outlets selling Charlton-related stuff that seem to not cause the club a problem. It could also be argued that, for example, by charging supporters £25 for a polo shirt, and £40 for a team shirt, that clubs are taking advantage and ripping off their loyal customers.
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you buy a burger or hot dog from a stall then you know what you are getting, and you know the probable increased risks that you get with that. Despite that, they always taste so bloody good, and i've never had any comeback from stuff i have eaten outside the ground. The stall by the East Stand entrance does one of the best hot dogs i've had. The same can't be said of the fare inside the ground. One more than one occassion, i've had pies where the filling was scolding hot, or stone cold, burnt or stone cold burgers in a soaking soggy bun. I won't buy now.
I also heard people say the beer in the upper north at the Scunny game tasted funny, and a couple of people were ill afterwards. Having seen no action since the Spurs game, i really wouldn't of been suprised if the pipes and pumps etc hadn't been cleaned out properly.
Its fine highlighting the disadvantages of illegal traders, and in most cases that's absolutely right. Its just a shame that we can't see the benefit that official outlets could offer.
LOL. If thats not pot and kettle I dont know what is.
£3.10 for three quarters of a pint of watered down fosters.
£2.30 for a week old sausage roll when you can get a half pounder outside for sameish money.
If I wanna buy a little badge id rather get one outside where there is more choice and it costs less.
There only trying to earn themselves a couple of extra quid, does it really matter that much.
I think my wife might argue that point AFKA. She's been on the receiving end (end being the operative word) from me, of the fallout from food eaten at football!!
Mind you, all the beer may help as well!
And for what curb it says i agree wholly! I lov ethe smell of the venders, adds to the football experience! when i get off the train at 11 am at charlton you can feel the buzz! Let these people trade, they been there for years ffs!
If the food and drink inside the ground was any good or reasonably priced it wouldn't be so bad but it isn't!!
But Greenwich council don't know that I suppose. At least they are using their time wisely and removing the real scum and danger off the streets... Oh